Category: Infrastructure

Network Rail’s Easter heavy metal message

Network Rail says the Easter programme of works on the UK rail network should be music to the ears of freight operators. It is delivering around ninety million pounds (105 million euros) of enhancement works over the Easter weekend. The British infrastructure agency says that freight will benefit from the programme of works, at least…

Accident in Norway: ‘Some cargo will have to wait for the reopening of the line’

There currently is no rail freight traffic between Oslo and Bergen due to the recent derailment in Arna. “Some of the containers will just have to wait for the reopening of the line”, said a spokesperson from CargoNet, the rail freight operator most active on the route. The company usually runs six trains per direction…

Rail Baltica will not pass through all of Riga before 2030 deadline

Rail Baltica will not pass through all of Riga before 2030. Latvia is missing three billion euros for the completion of the line through its capital city. The city has been a major obstacle for the construction of the line, and the entire project risks losing one billion euros in EU funding if not completed…

New freight route connects China and Serbia

A new freight route between China and Serbia has started operating. The route connects the Chinese province of Hebei with Serbia’s capital Belgrade. The train service aims to increase connectivity between Europe and China as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Freight trains running on the newly established route will take twenty days…

AD Ports Group acquires majority share in Tbilisi Dry Port

AD Ports Group has acquired a majority share in the Tbilisi Dry Port. The logistics company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, purchased sixty per cent of shares. Construction on the dry port is still ongoing, but it is scheduled to enter into operation in late 2024. With the acquisition of a majority stake in the Tbilisi…